diff --git a/.github/actions/minor-version-bump/action.yml b/.github/actions/minor-version-bump/action.yml
index f6e96a4..d3ce501 100644
--- a/.github/actions/minor-version-bump/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/minor-version-bump/action.yml
@@ -11,4 +11,10 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Verify minor version bump
       shell: bash
-      run: ./gradlew verifyMinorVersionBump
+      run: |
+        # Only continue on branches starting with vX.X (e.g. v1.2, v1.2.3, v1.2-main)
+        if [[ ! "${{ github.head_ref }}" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$ ]]; then
+          exit 0
+        fi
+        
+        ./gradlew verifyMinorVersionBump